University Daily Kansan / Friday, September 14. 1990
Sports
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Cardinal defense may be trouble for Kansas
By Bob Wheat
Kansan sportswriter
Football
By winning its first national title in 1980 against a UCLA team coached by Larry Brown, the University of Louisville established itself as one of the most dominating basketball schools of the decade.
The Cardinals won another championship in 1986 and have boasted the final Four appearances. Soon, the football team faded into obscurity. It was overshadowed by a basketball team that commanded the national spotlight.
But now, after years of rebuilding, it is the football team that takes center stage in Louisville, where the Cardinals play at 3:00 p.m. tomorrow.
Kansas coach Glen Mason said Louisville coach Howard Schnellenberger was the man responsible for resurrecting the Louisville football team on Saturday, over all of the days when Hall of Fame quarterback Johnny Unitas played.
"Louisville has an excellent football team," Mason said. "Coach Schnellenberger has done an outstanding job of recruiting there and he has brought in a talented group of transfers."
Shellenberger has been part of four football national titles, including one as head coach of the University of Miami (and thus not for creating the Miami football
dvnastv of the 1980s.
Former Kansas strong safety Deral Bayk returned four kickoffs for a total of 139 yards against Louisville last season, including one for 71 yards in the final minutes of the game. The latter return set up the Jayhawk touchdown that narrowed the score to 31-28.
'Couch Schnellenberger has done an outstanding job of recruiting there and he has brought in a talented group of transfers.'
Coach Glen Mason
Boykin transferred to Louisville last year and must sit out a year under NCAA rules, but plans to finish his final two years of eligibility as a running back.
With 42 lettermen returning, Louisville is strongest on defense. The Cardinals return their entire defensive unit from last season, including Ted Washington, a 6-foot 5, 300-pound defensive tackle.
Washington blocked two field goals in the final minutes of the Cardinal's season opener against San Jose State to preserve a 10-10 tie. Last week
The Cardinal defense has held its last three opponents to an average of 43.3 yards passing and 89 yards rushing a game.
senior quarterback Browning Nagle, totaled 504 yards last week against Murray State. The Racers only gained 58 yards in total offense.
Nage passed for more than 2,500 yards last year in his first season as a starter. He gained more yardage than Schnellenberger's former quarterbacks. Jim Kelly and Bernie Krugger their first years asasters at Miami.
The Louisville offense, featuring
Mason said that Nagle was Louisville's greatest offensive threat.
"He a big, strong, pro-type quarterback," Mason said. "But they had some trouble protecting him against San Jose State."
Last week, Nagle completed 22 of 41 passes for a total of 320 yards. He has a variety of experienced receivers with senior wide receiver Anthony Cummings leading the Miami-style aerial attack.
Cummings was the leading receiver last week against Murray State. He finished with four receptions for 119 yards.
Louisville's greatest concern centers on its offensive line. Nagle was sacked six times against San Jose and the Clippers had have six fumbles this season.
Defensive tinkle Dana Stubblefield said that he would be looking to add some numbers to his sack total tomorrow and that he was encouraged by the number of turnovers that San Jose State forced.
"That tells us that we can get some pass rush on them," Stubblefield said. "This will be a good test for us."
Kansas Jayhawks Coach Glen Mason 1-1 Conference 0-0
Game 3 3 p.m., Sept. 15, Fairgrounds Stadium
Louisville Cardinals
Coach Howard Schnellenberger
1-0-1
Conference 0-0
WR- 85 Kerry Dagean, 6-0, 175, Jr.
LT- 77 Chris Perez, 6-4, 285, Jr.
LG- 53 Smith Holland, 6-3, 260, Jr.
C- 51 Budipe Bude, 6-2, 265, Jr.
GR- 65 Scott Irvine, 6-2, 260, Sr.
RT- 74 Tallon Loneker, 6-3, 255, Sr.
TE- 78 Chat Fahl, 6-4, 235, So.
OB- 18 Chip Hilemy, 6-1, 185, So.
FB- 28 Maurice Douglas, 5-10, 190,
TB- 24 Yant Sands, 6-5, 180,
FL- 6J New, 6-0, 175, Jr.
KD- 31 Dan Erich, 6-0, 220, Fr.
BI- 90 Guy Howard, B- 3,23, Frs.
RE- 78 Gary Oals, B- 1,270, Frs.
RT- 71 Dan Stubblebear, B- 3,305, Frs.
LT- 99 Gibert Brown, B- 3,315, Frs.
LE- 17 Lance Flachsbauer, B- 6,245, Jr.
BID- 25 Pat Pagen, G- 6,205, Frs.
IB- 19 Curts Moore, B- 2,245, Frs.
CB- 1H Hassain Bailey, G- 6,195, Frs.
DS- 10 Tougy Drew, F- 11,185, Jr.
FS- 22 Crayen Bowley, F- 11,190, Frs.
CB- 8 Tim Hill, B- 5,170, Frs.
P- 31 Dianchie G, B- 6,220, Fr.
Probable Starters:
Offense
Probable Starters:
Defense
Facts:
SE- 91 Greg Bromh, 6, 109, Se-
LT- 88 Lily Bowser, 6, 42, 256; JR-
LG- 63 Daryll Swerton, 6, 42, 51; F-
C- 57 Carey Figg, 6, 125; JR-
GR- 78 Scott McAllister, 6, 248; RT-
RV- 73 Pete Burley, 6, 258; JR-
TE- 80 Ken McKay, 6, 216; SRC-
GB- 79 Browing Nage, 6, 221; JR-
FB- 22 Bray Dawkins, 5, 90, 25; HB-
HB- 37 Jay Smith, 5, 101, 181; SRC-
F- 4. Anthony Cummings, 5, 18, 17;
FL- 4 Kaiwimm Wiesmann, 6, 202; JR-
LE 53 Derron Williams, 6,1,250; LE 93 Dan Gawen, 6,232; RT 99 Ted Washington, 6,5,908; RT 19 Mike Fores, 6,324; LB 54 Reggie Johnson, 6,2,241; LB 48 Mark Sanker, 6,229; LB 47 Pat Fitzgerald, 6,422; SC 25 John Gaines, 5,10,178; SS 39 Ricie McFadden, 5,11,201; SS 34 Ray Mutchannon, 5,10,185; CC 24 William Blackford, 5,11,189; P 4 Kaur Wimmesmer, 6,202;
Louisville leads the series between the schools 2-0. Louisville defeated the Jayhawks 33-28 last year in Lawrence. Last week, the Cardinals trounced Murray State 68-0. Former Kansas defensive back Deral Boykin is now attending Louisville. Boykin intends to play for the Cardinals next season.
Coverage: The game at Fairgrounds Stadium will be broadcast on KLZR 105.9 FM and KLWN 1320 AM.
Cross country meet tests ranking
KANSAN
By Juli Watkins
Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas men's cross country team will put its No. 11 ranking to a test tomorrow at the Jayhawk Invitation.
Cross Country
good to know where you're at."
The Kansas men's team placed 10th in the NCAA Championships last year.
the preseason poll, which appeared in Wednesday's USA Today and was tabulated from votes by NCAA coaches, named the top 20 teams based on last season's performances.
"I psyched me up a little," senior Stewart Gillin said. "It's nice real to know where you are. Some people don't like to be ranked, but I think it's
Steve Guymon, Kansas assistant coach, said although the team was excited about the ranking, it was only a preseason pick.
Guymon said that it was difficult to make a judgment early in the season, but he thought Kansas' ranking was accurate.
Kansas also was nationally ranked last year, Guymon said, for the first time in a long time.
"I think we're gaining more respect from teams throughout the country," Guymion said, noting that it was the NCAA coaches who did the training.
One team ranked above Kansas is Arkansas. The second-ranked Razorbacks will not be competing in the Jayhawk Invitational, but will send its women's team. Although only the women's team will be there, Guyum Cox, from Kentucky, came from the Arkansas team as well as Eastern Michigan and Oklahoma.
On the men's side, Guymon said heavy competition would come from the United States Air Force Academy.
"I've heard they have a pretty good team." Guymon said. "I don't know much about them at this point in the year."
Guyon said he expected repeat performances from Gillin and freshman Michael Cox. The two placed second and third and were less than one second apart in last week's race against Southern Illinois.
Guymon said Gillin had been sick this week, but he had confidence that Gillin would perform well. Guymon also expected a good race from Cox.
He said he expected senior Cathy Palacios and freshman Cindy Lewis to have good races as well.
"I want to improve a little bit from last week." Guymon said. "If we improve from week to week, we could get to where we want to be."
Guymon said that although there was a lot of depth on the women's team, they needed to run in tighter packers closer to the front.
"We're very young on the women's side." Guymon said. "The more meets we have, the closer they'll get together."
The top six men were racing in a relatively tight pack, he said, but the men's seventh through ninth runners also needed stronger performances.
"We need to have more people moving up on the men's side," Guymon said.
Guymon said it really did not matter who was No. 1 or No. 2 but how the team performed as a whole. The goal of the team is to improve as a team while relying on individual performances.
"Cross country is more of a team sport than track is," he said.
The Jayhawk Invittal will be held at Rim Rock Farm and will start at 9 a.m. Collegiate and junior color teams will be scored together and will be scored separately. The men will run an 8-kilometer race and the women will run a 5-kilometer race.
Sports briefs
Houston conquers
David Klingler, picking up where Heisman Trophy winner Arew Heat left, off three touchdown passes, carrying the 10th-ranked Houston Southwest Conference victory over Texas Tech in Lubbock last night.
Klingler stunned the Red Raiders with a 53-yard scoring drive on the Cougars' first possession. That
started Houston on its way to 538 yards of offensive gains.
Klingler, who hit 29 of 54 passes for 435 yards, took Houston on three 80-yard and one 55-yard scoring drives for a 28-11 halftime lead.
The Raiders scored two touchdowns late in the game when Jamie Hill hit Robyn Blackshear with a 13-yard shot and Chris Naughton with a 13-yard
America receiver Manny Hazard, who sat out the game with a dislocated elbog. Because of NCAA probation, it was the first national television appearance for the Cougars since the 1988 Alaho Bowl.
Rugby teams play
The varsity and reserve teams of the KU Rugby Football Club will open Merit Table play against Pittsburg State University at 1:30 p.m.
tomorrow. The games will be at
Schenk Complex, 23rd and Iowa
streets.
Houston played without 1989 All-
The club team, which includes KU students and community members, will compete during the weekend in the Aspen Rugerfest in Aspen, Colo.
The varsity and reserve teams are comprised only of students, and the Merit Table is similar to a conference.
Volleyball team off to first away game
'Hawks put undefeated record on line
By Chris Oster
Kansan sportswriter
With six home victories and two tournament championships to its credit, the undefeated Kansas volleyball team takes to the road for this weekend's Western Illinois Tournament in Macomb. Ill.
Volleyball
Coach Frankie Albitz said she was not worried about playing away from Allen Field House.
"I don't think the road bother them," Albitz said. "All we have to do is keep our concentration level up."
She said that having a veteran team with two seniors and five juniors would help maintain concentration.
"That helps no matter where you are, the team is able to focus better." Albitz said. "It seems like they can turn it on when they need it."
This weekend's tournament features only one team the Jayhawks played last season, Western Illinois. Kansas lost to Western Illinois.
The other teams in the tournament are Marquette University, Ball State, and DePaul University.
"It'll be really interesting to see teams we haven't played for a
while” Albizt said. I thiked they should be better than anyone we’ve faced so far.” she said. “Or it could be easier, making everyone else look weaker.
Making other teams look weaker translates into winning. The Jay hawks have had few tests in their fast start.
The team has been taken to five games in only one of their matches his season. Three of their six wins have come in three games.
For the season Kansas has a .238 attack percentage, while holding their opponents to a .108 average in those games.
Sophomore Lisa Seigle, a defensive specialist for the team, said she was not surprised by the fast start. She said it was a good omen.
"We need to feel like we can win." Seigle said.
Seigle does not share Albitz's concern about concentration.
"I think that since we've been so successful, we'll be able to keep our focus," she said.
Kansas' 6-0 record ties the Jayhawks for the early Big Eight Conference lead with defending champion Nebraska. The Cornhuskers were recently ranked as the No. 1 team in the nation in a national coaches poll.
Kansan
KJHX
TOP 20, Sept. 14
1T. Notre Dame
1T. Florida State
3. Auburn
4. Michigan
5. Tennessee
6. Miami
7. Southern Cal
8. Colorado
9T. Virginia
9T. Brigham Young
11. Nebraska
12. Texas A&M
13. Pittsburgh
14. Clemson
15. Oklahoma
16. Arkansas
17. Ohio State
18. Illinois
19. Florida
20. Houston
The original Johnny Scum may have been in a fraternity. He may have been short, puggy and sad. Historians probably never will know.
Intramural teams begin softball play next week
KANSAN
By Derek Simmons Kansan sportswriter
But his name lives on, gracing a team in this year's intramural softball league.
Recreational Services sponsors six divisions within the league: men's open, women's open, green men's, women and residence hall men's, and coed.
The league, which began play Monday, includes about 3,000 students, Jim Schmidt, associate director of educational services, said yesterday.
Last fall, Johnny Swum won it all on the men's side. Scurd Watkins Wenches won the women's Hill Championship.
The top teams from each division meet at the end of the three-game season and play a single-elimination tournament. The tournament culminates with division champions playoffs. All-University/Hill Championship.
Bill Wischmeyer, captain of John Scum, said he did not know where the team's name came from or how the team became good enough to
win the championship.
"There was a fraternity team a couple of years ago that used the name," he said. "But how it got there I don't know. When we first started playing with years ago, it was called Johnny Scum and the Squids From Hell."
Wischmeyer said the team was made up of friends who enjoyed the game. It still is, although he is the only original member of the team still playing with Johnny Scum. The team's "it" was dropped for case of reference.
"I played baseball in high school, and I love the game," he said. "Softball is pretty close, and it's a lot of fun."
Wischmeier said he expected to have a good team again this year, although he was not predicting a repeat championship.
"If you would have asked me in the middle of last year, I would have said there was no way in hell we would win it all," he said.
Recreational Services also will offer flag football, volleyball and three-on-three basketball leagues this semester. Footbal will begin next fall with games at the Volleyball and basketball seasons will begin with meetings Oct. 8.
Peeler ruled ineligible for fall
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Missouri's backcourt wealth has gone bust.
School officials ruled Wednesday that the NCAA Peeler had not met the requirements and must sit out the fall semester. The Tigers earlier lost the other half of their projected starting guards when Travis Ford trans-
Peeler probably would miss about 14 games but could play for
most of the conference season if he regains eligibility in the second semester.
"He's still going to be in school and progressing toward his degree," Coach Norm Stewart said.
Peeler, who can practice with the team, is not entitled to his scholarship while he is ineligible. He is paying his own tuition.
"That, I think, shows great commitment on his part," athletic
director Dick Tamburo said. "I'm really pleased that he is enrolled here."
Peeler averaged 16.8 points and 5.4 rebounds for Missouri last year. He set a school record with 179 assists.
Stewart said that in the last academic year, Peeler made the 2.0 grade point average required by the NCAA. He but did not complete 24 hours toward a degree as required.
Florida State may switch to ACC
The Associated Press
GREENSBORO, N.C. — The Atlantic Coast Conference voted yesterday to invite Florida State to join the eight-team league.
Officials said the details of membership would be communicated to Florida State within a few days. No officials have been set for a decision by Florida State.
ACC commissioner Gene Corrigan said, "Our conference has delivered at length about expansion. The process has been comprehensive and thorough." A decision is in the best interests of the member institutions of the Atlantic
Corrigan said Florida State had
Coast Conference."
Florida State president Bernard Sliger said, "I think it a terrific opportunity for us in terms of every aspect of athletics, in terms of how they view athletics and how we view sports. And, and, and we would hope we can keep up."
Florida State athletic director Bob Goin said, "Obviously we're flattered to receive an invitation for membership to the Atlantic Coast Conference. We have said all along that the ACC is perhaps the most highly respected academic and athletic conference in the United States."
been an attractive candidate from the outset.
"The more we learn about the institution, the more we felt they were a natural fit," he said. "Their academic and athletic programs are designated and their addition would be a plus to our conference in every way."
Sliger said he had not had a chance to notify the Metro Conference, to which Florida State belongs for all sports except football.
He said he did not wish to seem "cavalier" because the move must be approved by the state board of regents and FSU's athletic board.